Improved window clothes-drier



N. PErERS. FHOTo-LITHOGHAPHER, WASHINOTQN D C UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOEL R. SHEPARD AND J. A. SHEPARD, OF IVAUKEGAN, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVED WINDOW CLOTHES-DRIER.`

Spcciiication forming part of Letters Patent No. 35,898, datcd July 15, 1862.

To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOEL R. SHEPARD and J. A. SHEPARD, both of Waukegan, in the county of Lake and State of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Window Clothes- Drier; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis speciication, in whichf Figure 1 represents a longitudinal vertical section of our invention, taken in the plane indicated by the line :o Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a plan or top view .of the same. Fig. 3 is a de- I[ached section of the device for locking the reel on an enlarged scale.

Similar letters of reference in the three views indicate corresponding parts.

This invention consists in the employment of a revolving reel suspended from a slide that rests on a V-shaped support extending in a horizontal direction from the window for the purpose of drying clothes,.said reel being so arranged that its arms can be turned one on the top of the other when the reel is not used, and that by turning them out in a position at right angles to each other they are locked and retained in their position, as will hereinafter be described.

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use our invention, we will proceed to describe its construction and operation with reference to the drawings. Y

The V-shaped support A, from which the reel B is suspended, consists of two arms, a, the outer ends of which may be connected by a hinge, b, or in any other desirable manner.

Their inner ends fit into staples c, attached t-o the sides of the window-frame C,and a looped wire, d, which is secured to the upper part of the window-frame, catches over and sustains the outer end` ofthe support A.

The reel B consists of two bars or arms, ce',

which are brought in a position at right an! upper surface of the arm e,-and in this position the arm e is prevented turning independent of the arm e. Said reel is suspended from the support A by means of a pivot, g, which passes into a slot, h, inthe plate which is se. cured to the lower end of the sliding carriage D. The central part, j', of the plate t is raised, and if the head of the pivot g is lifted on said raised part the upper surface of the arm c comes close under the plate t', and said arm is thereby prevented coming spontaneously out ofthe flanged socketfon the arm e'. A latch, j, retains the head ofpivotg on the raised part when the reel is in its place ready for operation. The carriage D rests on one of the arms d of the support by means of rollers 7c, and it is so arranged thatit can be easily drawn along on the toprof said arm. Pins l, projecting from rthe upper surfaces of the arms e, retain the clothes-line. In order to operate this clothesdrier,the inner ends of the arms a of the support A are put into the staples c, and the outer end of said support is slipped into the looped wire d. The reel is now passed out of the window until the pivot g comes opposite the slot h in the bottom plate, i, of the sliding carriage D, and said pivot is slipped into the slot and the whole device, carriage and all, is pushed out to the end of the support` A. For the purpose of adjusting the reel the lower bar is held with one hand and a swinging motion is imparted to the other, and when it comes at right angles it will drop and lock itself. The reel is now again drawn backinto the window until the sliding carriage can be reached, then the latch j is raised, the head of the pivotg is slipped up into the raised part j of the bottom plate, @and locked by the latch, and the reel is then pushed back again to the end of the support A, and it is ready for the line. The line is now secured to the pins l, and by revolving the reel the clothes can be hung up with the greatest convenience.

Having thus fully described our invention,

what We claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The employment or use of a revolving lclothes drier or reel, B, when the same is secured to a window, C, substantially in the manner and for the purpose shown and de scribed.

2. The arrangement of i the Vshaped sup the slotted plate i, raised partij', and pivots g port A and looped Wire d, in combination with of the reel B, substantially in the manner and the reel B, as and for the purpose specified. fol1 the purpose set; forth.

3. The sliding carriage D, in combination JOEL R. SHEPARD. with the support A and reel B, constructed J. A. SHEPARD. and operating substantially as shown and de- Witnesses: scribed., JOHN L. TURNER,

4. Thelatehj, arranged in Combination with W. C. TIFFANY. 

